LAKE CHARLES, La. — A pastor shot to death last week at his church in Lake Charles, La.,
was accused of rape just days before by the wife of the man who was charged with his killing,
authorities said yesterday.

Ronald Harris Sr. was shot as he preached to about 50 to 60 people on Friday evening at the
Tabernacle of Praise Worship Center, according to the Calcasieu Parish sheriff’s office.

Woodrow Karey, 53, of Lake Charles is being held on a second-degree murder charge in the pastor’s
death.

On Sept. 25, Karey’s wife filed a rape complaint against Harris, according to the sheriff’s
office. Authorities are trying to determine whether Harris and Karey’s wife had any consensual or
nonconsensual sexual relationship.